Same, Alec. Awesome story, but I gotta be honest, I'd REALLY like to know that the rat managed to get his amulet back to heal up. On an awesomely written story with a cohesive canon like that, permanent damage seriously bugs me. I was way on board for everything, hit that part, and then it just left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Especially when it's treated like such a "eh, no big deal, just mutilated a guy."

I'm not terribly big on the whole neutering angle to begin with, and when it's just a one-shot that doesn't feel like a real world (for those in the furry world, think Charn's stories) I can kinda go okay and move along, here though... I'm actually like, sympathizing with the rat and wondering about him after the story's over rather than enjoying the ride, LOL.

BTW I hope I don't come across as too negative here, just think of it like this: if it WASN'T an excellently written story in a great series, it wouldn't have bugged me!